Paddlefish – Blog

Paddlefish Festival 2017

Students place paddlefish into the Big Cypress Bayou in Jefferson Texas to help restore the native paddlefish back into the water shed. They also learned about pollinators, birds of prey, and planting wild flowers.

Gary Endsley interviews Pete Diaz of US Fish & Wildlife Service.

Our Scientist partners from U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service have agreed to answer questions and discuss issues about the Paddlefish Reintroduction into Caddo Lake and the Big Cypress Bayou.

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Paddlefish eat plankton, which is typically tiny organisms that are key components of marine ecosystem. Plankton are tiny animals that are found near the surface in an aquatic environment. They may be made up of krill, amphipods, holoplankton and even young crustaceans or marine worms.

Honey from bee hive

Sounds of Bees

Bees in active hive.

The NYS Beekeeper Tech Team has just released their 2016 pesticide residue report. 60 beekeepers participated in the project. Across the state, 198 colonies were sampled and analyzed for 41 different pesticides.

The Dyce Lab for Honey Bee Studies at Cornell is working to assess honey bee health across New York State. We can improve bee health, but we need your help! We’re looking for beekeepers across NYS to participate in the 2017 New York State Varroa Survey.

The NYS Beekeeper Tech Team is an interdisciplinary group that works directly with beekeepers to improve honey bee health, reduce colony losses, and increase profitability of the beekeeping industry. In 2016, the NYS Beekeeper Tech Team worked with 30 beekeepers throughout northern, central, and western New York. These results are now available.